(Report) Joe Biden Inching Closer To Launching A Presidential Bid

Former Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly inching closer to running for president in 2020 according to Politico. (photo credit: Obama White House/ Public Domain)

Former Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly inching closer to running for president in 2020 according to Politico.

After beginning the year both teasing a 2020 bid and ruling one out — sometimes on the same day — Biden in recent months has shifted unmistakably in favor of running, say multiple people who’ve been in touch with the former vice president and his team.

Biden sees himself as someone who can possibly repair the damage that Trump has wrought to the country.

For the first time in what would be the sixth presidential campaign that he’s either seriously flirted with or launched, Biden sees an argument for a candidacy for which he is the only answer: An elder statesman who can help repair the damage and divisions in the country and around the world, unite the competing wings of the Democratic Party, and appeal to traditional Democratic voters who fled last year for Trump.

There are rumors that Biden is interested in running with Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA).

The chatter has gotten so intense in some corners that there’s even scuttlebutt among Democratic operatives that Biden could launch his candidacy with California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate from Day One.